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Ĕlaeūs, ūntis, f., = Ἐλαιοῦς, a city on the Hellespont in the Thracian Chersonesus, Liv. 31, 16, 5 Drak. N. cr.; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 49.
Elēüs, Mel. 2, 2, 7.

Ĕlĕa, ae, f., = Ἐλέα, a city of Lucania, the birth-place of Parmenides and Zeno, the founders of the Eleatic philosophy, in Lat. also called Velia, Cic. N. D. 3, 33, 82.
Hence, Zeno Elĕātes, of Elea, Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52; and: Elĕātĭci philosophi, Eleatic, id. Ac. 2, 42, 129.

ēlĕcĕbra (also exlec-), ae, f. [elicio], a female allurer, wheedler, sponger (a Plautin. word), Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 26; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 20; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 76, 5 Müll.

ēlectārĭum (also ēlectuārium), ii, n. [ecligma], a medicament that melts in the mouth, an electuary, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 13; 169, 176 al.; cf. Isid. Orig. 4, 9, 10.

ēlecte, adv., choicely, v. eligo, P. a.

ēlectĭlĭs, e, adj. [eligo], choice, dainty (with probus): piscatus, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 41: partes, App. M. 10, p. 245, 35.

ēlectĭo, ōnis, f. [eligo], a choice, selection, * Cic. Or. 20, 68; Quint. 1, 12, 4; Prooem. § 2; 3, 4, 8; Vell. 2, 72 fin.; Tac. A. 6, 22; id. Or. 23 al.: vitiatarum electiones, i. e. the option given to a violated maiden, whether her ravisher shall be put to death or shall marry her, Tac. Or. 35.
Esp. of the election of believers to the divine favor (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Rom. 9, 11; id. 1 Thess. 1, 4.

1. ēlecto, āre, v. freq. a. [elicio], to get out artfully, worm out a secret (a Plautin. word), Plaut. As. 2, 2, 29; id. Merc. 1, 2, 111; cf.: electabo, eliciam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 76, 6.

* 2. ēlecto, āre, v. freq. a. [eligo], to choose, select: legionem, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 27.

* 1. ēlector, ōris, m. [eligo], a chooser, selecter, Auct. Her. 4, 4, 7.

† 2. ēlector, ŏris, m., = ἠλέκτωρ, the shining sun, Plin. 37, 2, 11, § 31; Isid. Orig. 16, 24, 1.

Ēlectra, ae (nom. with long a, Prop. 2, 14, 5 (3, 6, 5 M.); Ov. F. 4, 177; Cic. Arat. 36; acc.: Electrān, Ov. Tr. 2, 395; id. F. 4, 32; 174), f., = Ἠλέκτρα.

  1. I. Daughter of Atlas and Pleione, one of the seven Pleiades, and mother of Dardanus by Jupiter, Ov. F. 4, 31 sq.; 174; Verg. A. 8, 135; Serv. ib. 7, 207; 10, 272; Hyg. Fab. 155 and 192.
    Hence, Ēlectrĭus, a, um, adj.: tellus, i. e. Samothrace, Val. Fl. 2, 431.
  2. II. Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and sister of Orestes, Prop. 2, 14, 5 (3, 6, 5 M.); Hor. S. 2, 3, 140; Vell. 1, 1, 3; Juv. 8, 218; Hyg. Fab. 117; 122; Serv. Verg. A. 4, 471.
    Also the name of a tragedy, Ov. Tr. 2, 395; Suet. Caes. 84.
  3. III. A Danaïd, Hyg. Fab. 170.
  4. IV. An Oceanid, wife of Thaumas, and mother of the Harpies, Serv. Verg. A. 3, 212; 241.

* ēlectrĕus, a, um, adj. [electrum], made of amber: nummi, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 25.

* ēlectrĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [electrumfero], producing amber, abounding in amber: alni, Claud. Fescenn. 12, 14.

ēlectrīnus, a, um, adj. [electrum], of amber, made of amber (post-class.): patera, Treb. Poll. XXX. Tyr. 13: vasa, Dig. 34, 2, 32, § 5: anuli, Marc. Empir. 8.

Ēlectrĭus, a, um, v. Electra, I.

ēlectrix, īcis, f. [elector], she that selects or chooses, Vulg. Sap. 8, 4.

† ēlectrum, i, n., = ἤλεκτρον.

  1. I. Amber (pure Lat. succinum), Plin. 37, 2, 11, § 31; Ov. M. 15, 316.
    Plur., Verg. E. 8, 54.
    1. B. Meton., an amber ball, carried by Roman ladies in their hands to keep them cool.
      Plur., Ov. M. 2, 365; cf. Böttig. Sabina, II. p. 210.
  2. II. A mixed metal (natural or artificial) resembling amber in color, Plin. 33, 4, 23, § 81 al.; Isid. Orig. 16, 24, 2; Verg. A. 8, 402; 624; Sil. 1, 229.
    1. B. Meton., an article made of amber, Mart. 8, 51; Juv. 14, 307.

1. ēlectrus, a, um, adj. [electrum], of amber: nummi, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 25, 9.

2. Ēlectrus, i, m., son of Perseus and father of Alcmena, Plaut. Am. prol. 99; called also Electryon, Hyg. Fab. 244.

ēlectŭārĭum, v. electarium.

1. ēlectus, a, um, Part. and P. a., choice, excellent; v. eligo.

* 2. ēlectus, ūs, m. [eligo], a choice: necis, Ov. H. 2, 144 Loers. N. cr.

† ĕlĕēmŏsyna, ae, f., = ἐλεημοσύνη, alms (eccl. Lat.), Tert. Patient. 7; Aug. Civ. D. 21, 27; Vulg. Matt. 6, 2 al.

ēlĕgans (in some MSS. eligans; cf. Beier Cic. Orr. Fragmm. p. 105), antis, adj. [prob. collat. form of eligens, from eligo, Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 72].

  1. I. In the ante-class. period in a bad sense, luxurious, effeminate, fastidious, nice: elegans homo non dicebatur cum laude; sed id fere verbum ad aetatem M. Catonis vitii, non laudis fuit … ex quibus verbis (Catonis) apparet, elegantem dictum antiquitus non ab ingenii elegantia, sed qui nimis lecto amoenoque cultu victuque esset, etc., Gell. 11, 2, 1; cf. Non. 465, 11 sq.: heia, ut elegans est! how choice! how nice! Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 19 Ruhnk.; cf. id. Eun. 3, 1, 18; 3, 5, 18 (but not in Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 14, v. Ritschl ad h. l.).
  2. II. Class. in a good sense, choice, nice, fine, neat, tasteful, elegant.
    1. A. Of persons: tu festivus, tu elegans, tu solus urbanus, quem decet muliebris ornatus, etc., Cic. Clod. et Cur. 5, p. 105, ed. Beier; cf. (with mundus) id. Fin. 2, 8, 23; (with splendidus) Nep. Att. 13, 5; and opp. parcus, Cic. Brut. 40, 148; id. Or. 25, 83: auctor, Vell. 1, 13: mulier (Phryne—with formosa), Val. Max. 4, 3, 3 ext.: intelligo te hominem in omni judicio elegantissimum, Cic. Fam. 7, 23 et saep.: scriptor, id. Brut. 9; 16, 63; 68, 239; Quint. 10, 1, 78 al.; cf. in the comp.: quis verbis aut ornatior aut elegantior (sc. Caesare)? Cic. ap. Suet. Caes. 55; in the sup.: poëta, Nep. Att. 12, 4: elegans et concinnus (pictor), Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 111.
      As subst.: ēlĕgantes, ium, m., fine gentlemen, city people (opp. agrestes), Col. 7, 2, 1.
    2. B. Of things: nec magis compositum quicquam, nec magis elegans, Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 13; cf. (with decorum) Cic. Div. 1, 30: a necessariis artificiis ad elegantiora defluximus, id. Tusc. 1, 25, 62; cf. Liv. 44, 9: artes elegantes et ingenuae, Cic. Fin. 3, 2: temperamentum, Tac. A. 11, 4: color, Plin. 15, 8, 8, § 34 et saep.: perspicitis, hoc genus (jocandi) quam sit facetum, quam elegans, quam oratorium, Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 241; cf. id. Off. 1, 29, 104; id. Brut. 85; Quint. 6, 3, 39; 10, 1, 65 al.
      Comp.: ego autem a te elegantiora desidero, Cic. Fin. 4, 10; and sup.: epistola, id. Att. 16, 13 a.; cf.: scripta Terentii, Quint. 10, 1, 99: utrum sit elegantius, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 18: solum, Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 50.
      Hence, adv.: ēlĕganter, with correct choice, tastefully, neatly, finely, gracefully, elegantly: lautiores eleganter accepti, Cic. Att. 13, 52, 2: quiete et pure atque eleganter acta aetas, id. de Sen. 5; cf.: acta vita, Liv. 35, 31: herba foliis rotundis eleganter vestita, Plin. 25, 5, 19, § 43 et saep.
      Comp.: psallere et saltare, Sall. C. 24, 2: quid enim facere potuit elegantius ad hominum existimationem? Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17: elegantius aut justius fieri, id. Fam. 3, 8, 2: facturos si, etc., Liv. 37, 1: neminem elegantius loca cepisse, more fitly, judiciously, Liv. 35, 14: causam accurate eleganterque dicere, Cic. Brut. 22, 86; so of speech, id. Fam. 5, 13, 3; id. Tusc. 2, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 102; 8, 2, 21 al.; cf. in the sup., Cic. Brut. 72, 252; Quint. 11, 1, 74.

ēlĕganter, adv., v. preced. fin.

ēlĕgantia, ae, f. [elegans].

  1. * I. A being nice or particular; exquisiteness, fastidiousness (ante-class. and very rare): ejus elegantia meam extemplo speciem spernat, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 20.
    Far more freq.,
  2. II. Taste, propriety, refinement, grace, elegance (cf.: gustus, sapor, judicium).
          1. (α) With gen.: tu eloquentiam ab elegantia doctrinae segregandam putes, Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 5: vitae, Tac. A. 14, 19: morum, id. ib. 5, 8: capilli (with venustas oris), Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 67: ac subtilitas operum, id. 16, 15, 26, § 66 et saep.: verborum Latinorum, Cic. Brut. 75, 261; cf. scriptorum, id. Fam. 4, 4; so, Latini sermonis, id. de Or. 2, 7, 28: mira sermonis, Quint. 10, 1, 114: figurarum, id. 12, 9, 6; and transf.: Socraticorum, id. 10, 1, 83; cf. Secundi, id. 12, 10, 11.
            In plur.: vocum verborumque, Gell. 2, 9 fin.
          2. (β) Absol.: qua munditia homines! qua elegantia! Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 2; cf. id. Sull. 28, 79; id. Leg. 3, 1: quae (agricultura) abhorret ab omni politiore elegantia, id. Fin. 3, 2; cf. Plin. 13, 9, 18, § 62; 14, 6, 8, § 71; Suet. Aug. 73: elegantia modo et munditia remanebit, Cic. Or. 23 fin.; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 20; 10, 2, 19 al.
            In plur.: laudatus propter elegantias dominus, Petr. 34, 5; Gell. 1, 4; cf. id. 19, 4.

* ĕlĕgātus, i, m., an unknown kind of fish, Aus. Epigr. 4, 59.

† ĕlĕgi, ōrum, m., = ἔλεγοι, elegiac verses, an elegy, Tib. 2, 4, 13; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 135; Hor. C. 1, 33, 3; id. Ep. 2, 2, 91; id. A. P. 77; Ov. F. 2, 3; Juv. 1, 4; Tac. Or. 10 al.

† ĕlĕgīa (ĕlĕgēa, in Ov. ĕlĕgēĭă), ae, f., = ἐλεγεία.

  1. I. An elegy: form elegia, Quint. 10, 1, 58; 93; Stat. S. 1, 2, 7; Mart. 5, 30, 4; Aus. Parent. 7, 1; form elegea, Quint. 1, 8, 6; form elegeia, Ov. Am. 3, 1, 7; 3, 9, 3; id. R. Am. 379.
  2. II. A kind of reed: est et obliqua harundo, non in excelsitatem nascens, sed juxta terram fruticis modo se spargens, suavissima in teneritate animalibus: vocatur a quibusdam elegia, Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 167.

† ĕlĕgī̆ăcus, a, um, adj., = ἐλεγιακός, elegiac: carmen, Diom. p. 507 P.; Serv. p. 1824 ib.; Mart. Cap. 5, 168.

* ĕlĕgīdārĭon, ii, n. [elegidion], a short elegy, Petr. 109, 8.

† ĕlĕgīdĭon, ii, n., = ἐλεγείδιον, a short elegy, Pers. 1, 51.

† ĕlĕgīon (also ĕlĕgēon), ii, n., = ἐλεγεῖον, an elegiac poem, an elegy, Aus. Epigr. 94, 2.
In plur., id. Parent. 29, 2.

ē-lēgo, āvi, 1, v. a., to convey away (from the family) by bequest, to bequeath away, Petr. 43, 5; Gai. Inst. 2, 215.

† 1. ĕlĕgus, a, um, adj., = ἔλεγος, elegiac: metrum, Diom. p. 502 P.

2. ĕlĕgus, i, m., v. elegi.

Ēlēïs, ĭdis, f., adj., v. Elis, II. C.

† Ĕlĕleus, ei, m., = Ἐλελεύς [from ἐλελεῦ, the cry of the Bacchantes], a surname of Bacchus, Ov. M. 4, 15.
Hence, Ĕlĕlēĭdes = Bacchae, Ov. H. 4, 47.

† ĕlĕlisphăcos, i, m., = ἐλελίσφακος, a kind of sage, Plin. 22, 25, 71, § 146; 25, 10, 73, § 120; 26, 15, 89, § 150.

ĕlĕmentārĭus, a, um, adj. [elementum, II.], belonging to the elements or rudiments, elementary (post-Aug. and very rare): senex, an old schoolmaster, Sen. Ep. 36: litterae, elementary knowledge, Capitol. Pert. 1.

* ĕlĕmentīcĭus or -tĭus, a, um, adj. [elementum, II.], elementary, elemental: substantiae, Tert. de Anima, 32.

ĕlĕmentum, i, n. [root al-, to nourish; Gr. ἄν-αλ-τος, ἄλσος; Lat. alo, alimentum, etc.; cf. Sanscr. al-akā, a girl], a first principle, element (cf.: initium, principium, exordium, primordium); Gr. στοιχεῖον.

  1. I. Lit., in plur.: nec de elementis video dubitari quatuor esse ea, Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 10; Lucr. 1, 827; 913; 2, 393 et saep.; Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 26; Sen. Q. N. 3, 12 sq.; Quint. 2, 17, 38; 3, 8, 31; Ov. M. 15, 237; 1, 29; Vulg. 2 Pet. 3, 10.
    In sing., Plin. 10, 69, 88, § 191; 11, 36, 42, § 119; 31, 1, 1, § 1; Juv. 15, 86; Amm. 17, 13: quia ignis inviolabile sit elementum, Lact. 1, 12 med.; 7, 9 al.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. The alphabet, Suet. Caes. 56 (cf. Prisc. 538 P.).
      More freq.,
    2. B. Transf., the first principles, rudiments, in the arts and sciences (cf. doctrina, praecepta).
      1. 1. In gen.: puerorum, Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 163; cf. Quint. prooem. § 21; 1, 1, 35; Hor. S. 1, 1, 26; id. Ep. 1, 20, 17 et saep.: loquendi, Cic. Ac. 2, 28 fin.; cf. id. de Or. 2, 11, 45; Quint. 2, 3, 13; Ov. M. 9, 719 et saep.
      2. 2. In partic.
        1. a. The ten categories of Aristotle, Quint. 3, 6, 23 sq. Spald.
        2. * b. Meton., elementary scholars, beginners: vix se prima elementa ad spem effingendae eloquentiae audebunt, Quint. 1, 2, 26.
    3. C. The beginnings of other things: prima Romae, Ov. F. 3, 179: prima Caesaris, id. ib. 709: cupidinis pravi, Hor. C. 3, 24, 52; cf. irarum, Sil. 3, 77: vitiorum, Juv. 14, 123 al.

† ĕlenchus, i, m., = ἔλεγχος.

  1. I. A costly trinket, ear-pendant, Plin. 9, 35, 56, § 113; Juv. 6, 459; Dig. 34, 2, 32, § 8; cf. Boettig. Sabina II. p. 56.
  2. II. Plur., part of the title of a work of M. Pompilius Andronicus: adeo inops ut coactus est praecipuum illud opusculum suum, annalium Ennii elenchorum XVI. milibus nummum vendere, etc., prob. a review, refutation, Suet. Gram. 8.

ē-lentesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [lenteo], to become clammy or soft: panis, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 18.

ĕlĕphans, antis, v. elephas.

ĕlĕphantĭa and ĕlĕphantĭăcus, v. elephantiasis.

† ĕlĕphantĭăsis (-tĭōsis, Veg. A. V. 4, 3, 4; August. de Gen. ad Lit. 9, 10), is, f., = ἐλεφαντίασις, a very virulent kind of leprosy, elephantiasis, Plin. 26, 1, 5, § 7 sq.; 20, 10, 42, § 109; 20, 14, 52, § 144; Veg. A. V. 1, 9; 1, 16; 4, 3, 4 (in Cels. 3, 25, written as Greek). Also called ĕlĕphas, q. v., and ĕlĕphantĭa, ae, Scrib. Comp. 250; and ĕlĕphantĭcus morbus, Isid. Orig. 4, 8, 12. One who labors under it is called ĕlĕphantĭăcus, Firm. Math. 8, 19 fin.; Hier. in Ezech. 6, 18, 6; and ĕlĕphantĭ-cus, id. ib. 8, 28; and ĕlĕphantĭōsus, August. de Gen. ad Lit. 9, 10; App. Herb. 84, 3.

elephanticus, i, v. preced. art. fin.

Ĕlĕphantīne, ēs, f., = Ἐλεφαντίνη, a small but very fertile island of the Nile, in the Thebaid, with a city of the same name, now Jezyret-Assuan, Mel. 1, 9, 2; 9; Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6; Tac. A. 2, 61; Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 163.
Also called Elĕphantis, ĭdis, f., Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 59; Vitr. 8, 2, 6.

† ĕlĕphantĭnus, a, um, adj. [elephas].

  1. I. Belonging to the elephant: tergum, Mel. 1, 5, 2.
  2. II. = ἐλεφάντινος, pure Lat. eburnĕus, of ivory: liber, consisting of ivory tablets, Vop. Tacit. 8: atramentum, ivoryblack, Plin. 35, 6, 25, § 42: compositio (emplastri), Cels. 5, 19, 24 Daremb.

ĕlĕphantĭōsis, v. elephantiasis init.

Ĕlĕphantis, ĭdis (Gr. gen. ĭdos, Mart. 12, 43, 4), f., = Ἐλεφαντίς.

  1. I. An island of the Nile, v. Elephantine.
  2. II. The name of a licentious Greek poetess, Suet. Tib. 43; Mart. 12, 43, 4; Plin. 28, 7, 24, § 81.

ĕlĕphantus, i, and ĕlĕphās, antis (rarely ĕlĕphans, antis, Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 196; of the second form the

  1. I. nom. sing., and of the first the oblique cases are most freq.), m. (fem., Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 14), = ἐλέφας, an elephant.
    Form elephantus, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 25; 30; id. Stich. 1, 3, 14; Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 23; Cic. N. D. 1, 35; 2, 47 fin.; id. de Sen. 9, 27; Liv. 44, 41; Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 66 et saep. Its tough hide suggests the expression: elephanti corio circumtentus, i. e. thickheaded, stupid, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 80.
    Form elephas, Mart. Spect. 17, 1; Luc. 6, 208; 9, 732; acc. elephantem, Sen. Ep. 85, 41; Gr. acc. elephanta, Manil. 5, 706; Mart. Spect. 19, 4; acc. plur. elephantas, Manil. 4, 667; 740.
  2. II. Transf., like the Gr. ἐλέφας.
    1. A. Form elephantus, ivory, Verg. G. 3, 26; id. A. 3, 464; 6, 896.
    2. B. Form elephas, the elephantiasis, Lucr. 6, 1114; Seren. Samm. 10.
    3. C. Form elephantus, a sea-fish, Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 10; 32, 11, 53, § 144; 148.

1. Ēlēus, a, um, v. Elis, II. A.

2. Ĕlĕūs, untis, f., v. Elaeus.

Ĕleusin, īnis (acc. Eleusin, Front. Strat. 4, 7, 44; Lat. form Eleusina, ae, Front. Ep. ad Ver. 1, p. 178; Cl. Mam. Grat. Act. Jul. 9, 3; Oros. 1, 7; and acc. to MSS. Eleusinam in Cic. N. D. 1, 42, 119; Liv. 31, 25, 2; cf. Salaminam from Salamis, q. v.), f., = Ἐλευσίν,

  1. I. a very ancient city of Attica, famous for its mysteries of Ceres, now Lepsina, Plin. 4, 7, 11, § 23; Cic. Att. 6, 6, 2; id. N. D. 1, 42, 119; Liv. 31, 26; Tac. H. 4, 83; Ov. F. 4, 507; id. M. 7, 439; Stat. Th. 2, 382 al.
  2. II. Hence,
    1. A. Ĕleusīnus, a, um, adj., Eleusinian: mater, i. e. Ceres, Verg. G. 1, 163; cf.: Eleusina Ceres et Proserpina, Vitr. 7 praef. fin.; Lact. 1, 21, 24; Arn. 6, no. 6; Serv. Verg. A. 4, 99.
    2. B. Ĕleusī-nĭus, a, um, adj., = Ἐλευσίνιος, Eleusinian: sacra, Suet. Claud. 25; Gell. 11, 6, 5; cf.: Eleusinium certamen, id. 15, 20, 3.
      Subst.: Ĕleusīnĭa, ōrum, n., the festival of Ceres at Eleusin, Tert. Apol. 7; id. adv. Val. 1.

Eleusĭum, ii, f., a female name, Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 7.

Eleutheri Cadurci, v. Cadurci.

† ĕleuthĕrĭa, ae, f., = ἐλευθερία, liberty, Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 21.

† Ĕleuthĕrĭus, i, m., = Ἐλευθέριος (Liberator), the surname of a god: Liber, Arn. 6, p. 207.
Hence, Ĕleuthĕrĭa, ōrum, n., the festival of Jupiter Eleutherius, feast of liberty, celebrated in honor of the victory at Plataea, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 29.

Ĕleuthĕrŏcĭlĭces, um, m. (free Cilicians), a people (probably the aborigines) in the mountains of Cilicia, Cic. Att. 5, 20, 5; id. Fam. 15, 4, 10.

ēlĕvātĭo, ōnis, f. [elevo].

  1. I. A lifting up, raising (late Lat.): manuum, Vulg. Psa. 140, 2 al.
  2. II. Trop.
      1. 1. Gram. t. t., the elevation: vocis (= ἄρσις, opp. depositio), Mart. Cap. 9, § 974; Isid. 1, 16, 21.
      2. 2. Rhet. t. t., a lessening, disparaging; a species of irony, Quint. 9, 2, 50; Mart. Cap. 5, § 525.

ēlĕvātor, ōris, m. [elevo], one who raises up, a deliverer (eccl. Lat.): meus (deus), Vulg. 2 Reg. 22, 3.

ē-lĕvo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a.

  1. I. Lit., to lift up, raise (very rare): contabulationem, Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 5 and 7: lumbos in altum, App. M. 4, p. 143: arcam, Vulg. Gen. 7, 17.
    Poet.: elevat hunc pluma, i. e. turns into a bird, Claud. Eutr. 1, 295: aura preces, i. e. carry away, disperse, = auferat, dissipet, Prop. 1, 8, 12: fructum, to gather in, Col. 3, 21, 5: statura elevata, i. e. tall, Capit. Ant. Phil. 13.
    More freq.,
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. To lighten, alleviate: aegritudinem (with obtundere), Cic. Tusc. 3, 16, 34; cf. sollicitudines (opp. duplicare), Luccei. in Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 2.
      Esp. freq.,
    2. B. (In allusion to the rising of the lighter scale.) To make light of, to lessen, diminish, impair, weaken; to disparage, detract from: causas suspicionum offensionumque tum evitare, tum elevare, tum ferre, Cic. Lael. 24; so, objectum ab adversario, id. de Or. 2, 56 fin.; cf. id. Inv. 1, 42; Quint. 6, 3, 75 sq.; 11, 3, 176: perspicuitatem, Cic. N. D. 3, 4: auctoritatem, Liv. 3, 21; 37, 57 fin.: res gestas (opp. verbis extollere), id. 28, 43; cf. ib. 44 fin.: noxam multitudinis, id. 45, 10: non si quid turbida Roma Elevet, Pers. 1, 6 et saep.
      With personal objects: est plane oratoris movere risum, quod frangit adversarium, quod impedit, quod elevat, quod deterret, quod refutat, Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 236; cf.: elevabatur index indiciumque, Liv. 26, 27: Samnitium bella extollit, elevat Etruscos, id. 9, 37: assiduos viros (copia), Prop. 2, 33, 44 (3, 31, 44 M.); cf. id. 2, 34, 58 (3, 32, 58 M.).
    3. C. Of the voice, to lift up, raise (late Lat.): vocem, Vulg. Judic. 2, 4 al.

ē-lĭgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a. [lĕgo], to pick out, choose, elect (class.; esp. in the trop. sense; cf.: coöpto, designo, deligo, seligo): pedes e capite et e collo pullorum, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14: uvam ad edendum (with legere), id. ib. 1, 54, 2: herbas, to pluck up, to weed out, id. ib. 1, 47; Col. 4, 5; cf. trop., Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 83 and 84: ex malis minima, Cic. Off. 3, 1, 3: ut de tribus Antoniis eligas quem velis, id. Phil. 10, 2, 5: a multis commodissimum quodque, id. Inv. 2, 2, 5: ut in comparando difficile ad eligendum sit, quid maxime velis, id. Rep. 1, 35 fin. et saep.
Absol., to choose correctly, make a proper selection: haud semper errat fama; aliquando et elegit, Tac. Agr. 9 fin.
Hence, ēlectus, a, um, P. a.

  1. I. In gen., picked, selected; select, choice, excellent: par columbarum, Petr. 85, 6: viri electissimi civitatis, Cic. Quint. 2: pugiles, Suet. Calig. 18: quisque, id. ib. 49: electissima verba, Cic. Fin. 3, 7 fin. Madv. N. cr.; Auct. Her. 4, 26, 36; cf.: electius verbum, id. ib.; scripta, Cat. 36, 6: res, Petr. 36, 4 et saep.
    In the neutr. subst.: ēlecta, ōrum, selections, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 17.
    Adv.: ēlecte choicely, Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49.
    Comp., Gell. 18, 7, 2.
  2. II. In eccl. Lat., chosen of God, elected to be saved, Vulg. Col. 3, 12 et saep.

Ēlis, ĭdis (acc. Elin, Ov. M. 2, 679; 5, 608; 12, 550; Stat. S. 2, 6, 47; Plin. 2, 71, 73, § 181; 7, 20, 20, § 84:

  1. I. Elidem, Nep. Alcib. 4, 4; abl. usually Elide; but Eli, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59; id. Fam. 13, 26, 2), f., = [?*H) = LIS ?]; also Ālis, Alidis = Dor. Ἀλις (Plaut. Capt. prol. 9, 26, 31; cf. Aleus, id. ib. 27), the most westerly district of the Peloponnesus, with a capital of the same name, in the vicinity of which Olympia was situated, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 22; Cic. Div. 1, 41; Verg. A. 3, 694; 6, 588; Ov. M. 9, 187; Val. Fl. 1, 389 et saep.
    Of the capital, Nep. Alcib. 4, 4; Ov. M. 12, 550.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Ēlēus, a, um, adj., Elean; and in the poets also for Olympian: flumen, i. e. the Alphēus, Ov. M. 5, 576; called also Eleus amnis, Poëta ap. Sen. Q. N. 3, 1: campus, i. e. Olympia, Verg. G. 3, 202; cf.: carcer, Tib. 1, 4, 33; Ov. H. 18, 166: quadriga, Prop. 3, 9, 17 (4, 8, 17 M.): palma, Hor. C. 4, 2, 17: Juppiter, Prop. 3, 2, 20 (4, 1, 60 M.); called also Eleus parens, Val. Fl. 4, 227: lustra, Stat. S. 2, 6, 72.
      In plur. subst.: Ēlēi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Elis, Plin. 10, 28, 40, § 175.
    2. B. Ēlĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Elis, the Eleans, Cic. Div. 2, 12, 28; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 14.
    3. C. * Ēlēis, ĭdis, f., adj., Elean: humus, Verg. Cat. 11, 32 Heyne.
    4. D. * Ēlĭas, ădis, f., adj., Elean, poet. for Olympian: equae, Verg. G. 1, 59.
    5. E. * Ēlĭdensis, e, adj., of Elis: Phaedo, Gell. 2, 18, 1.